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NEW YORK (CBS 2) — It’s a smelly problem that New York City apparently doesn’t want a whiff of – horse manure left by carriage horses has some people furious.

CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer found it in crosswalks along Central Park South, where pedestrians and bicyclists had to navigate around it, and all over the Central Park roadway, where many find it — you should pardon the term — a nagging problem. There are many names for it, but horse manure is the most polite. It’s left by carriage horses.

“We have diapers on the back of the carriage. We have a cleaning crew seven days a week. We asked the city if we could put stuff down for the odor and the city won’t let us do that,” said Ian McKeever of Shamrock Stables.

The group “New Yorkers for Livable and Safe Streets” said the manure is just one reason the horse carriages should be replaced by electric cars.

“Also we’ve heard from residents along Central Park West and Central Park South especially in the summer time when the sun is roasting down on the manure who really feel like it’s a quality of life issue,” Carly Knudson said.

The Health Department was monumentally unmoved by the issue, arguing that horse manure is not a health issue, unless people consume it.

Some argue that if the city gives out tickets to dog owners who don’t pick up after their pets it should ticket horse carriage drivers.